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Deploying a React project to GitHub Pages can be quite straightforward once you know the steps. In this post, I'll guide you through setting up a branch for deployment using Git worktrees. This method is efficient, clean, and helps keep your Git repository well-organized. Special thanks to [Sangsoo Nam](https://sangsoonam.github.io/2019/02/08/using-git-worktree-to-deploy-github-pages.h...

When transferring VM images between machines with different sector sizes (for example, one machine uses 512-byte sectors and another uses 4096-byte sectors), you may need to edit the partition table of the target device using a tool like . This ensures that the start and end positions align with the actual physical positions on the disk. Additionally, you may need to create a BIOS boot pa...

Create a new Vite project pnpm create vite@latest --template [react-swc|react|svelte] myapp cd myapp Copy over Delete files from of the new project except for and . If the main app is not , rename the import in to the correct file. Delete following line from import './index.css' Rename `....

Using pnpm, Svelte, rollup.js, create a Svelte component module, test it, and publish to npm. This is a quick cheat sheet for developers without the distractions. Modify as needed. Create component mkdir my-svelte-component pnpm init pnpm install -D rollup rollup-plugin-node-resolve rollup-plugin-svelte...

PDF files can be encrypted using command line tools QPDF and PDFtk. These are available for Windows and Linux. Using QPDF Description from QPDF: > This is the QPDF package. QPDF is a command-line tool and C++ library that performs content-preserving transformations on PDF files. It supports linearization, encryption, and numerous other features. It can also b...

Some tips on how to get back some more density with your menus and booksmarks. Edit and set to Create directory and file ```css / Bookmark and context menu spacing / menupopup > menuitem, menupopup > menu { padding-block: 0px !importan...

Here are some examples on how to configure NGINX to conditionally log requests based on certain conditions like remote IP address, URI etc by using the map module and variables. Conditional logging Create a variable using ngx\http\map\_module. This is placed in...

Install and create partition Install on a Debian based system apt-get install cryptsetup Install on a Red Hat based system yum install cryptsetup Creating a new LUKS partition cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat /dev/$DEVICE Key management Generate 4096-bit random key file head -c 512 /dev/random > KEYFILE Add a key file to next free key slot. This will prompt for a pass...

Tested with Raspberry Pi 3 and 4, but should work on some older models too. For Ethernet connected kiosk machines. Download and install Raspberry Pi OS Download img file and image to micro SD card. - Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) with desktop, Image with desktop based on Debian Buster. Warning: This is not the distribution with "recomm...

For GPG versions 2.x only. List keys List public keys gpg --list-keys List all secret keys gpg --list-secret-keys List public or secret keys, but show subkey fingerprints as well gpg --list-keys --with-subkey-fingerprints gpg --list-secret-keys --with-subkey-fingerprints The key ring location is normally shown on the first line on stdout. Use different key ring Lis...

TL;DR - Use internet facing domain on an internal network, I normally use subdomains for this. - Domain must have a DNS A record pointing to a public facing web server so Let's Encrypt can find it for the HTTP-01 challenge. This can be served as an empty site or just as a 404 response. - Remote VPS uses certbot to re...

TL;DR Protecting a web site with NGINX by using authentication server via a subrequest. - Use in NGINX conf. - When user requests protected area, NGINX makes an internal request to . If 201 is returned, protected contents are served. Anything else, NGINX responds w...